US4745424A - Method for producing an evolutive photographic composition and composition thus obtained - Google Patents

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US4745424A
US4745424A US07/032,453 US3245387A US4745424A US 4745424 A US4745424 A US 4745424A US 3245387 A US3245387 A US 3245387A US 4745424 A US4745424 A US 4745424A
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  • the game entitled “puzzle” is known, which game consists in reconstituting an image by juxtaposing, in an appropriate manner, elements obtained by cutting the image along a more or less complicated contour. It is self-evident that the image produced is always the same and cannot be modified.
  • the present invention relates to a method for producing an evolutive photographic composition, which method is distinguished from the above-mentioned methods in that the subject which it is desired to represent at different locations of the photograph is photographed in the particular frame in which it evolves.
  • the method according to the invention is defined in that it consists in photographing the scenery alone, that is to say the elements of the landscape which are intended to remain unchanged in the photographic composition, in causing a predetermined grid of registration lines to appear on the basic photograph thus obtained, and then, without moving the camera, in photographing, as many times as is desired, the evolutive subject by placing it on each occassion at a different location of the same landscape, in such a manner as to obtain a plurality of prints, each marked with the same grid of registration lines as the basic photograph, and which are distinguished from one another only by the position of the subject, in cutting the said prints along the registration lines of the grid, in such a manner as to isolate the element or the elements containing the variable subject, and then in producing evolutive images by applying at least one of the said elements of at least one of the prints to its corresponding location on the basic photograph.
  • the grid of registration lines may be formed by a pattern on the scale of the final print, which is placed on the ground glass screen of the viewfinder of the camera.
  • This pattern may conprise a mesh which is square, rectangular or of any other appropriate shape, provided that the mesh is identical for all the prints which are made.
  • the method according to the invention has nothing in common with a puzzle, because in the latter the puzzle pieces are all unique and represent image elements which can occupy only a single place in the final composition, while in the present method the variable subject can be placed, at the discretion of the owner, on one day at a given location on the basic photograph and on another day at a different location, while restructuring or while destructuring the image.
  • the cut photograph elements which are applied to the basic photograph conceal the subjacent positions of the latter, but are perfectly integrated into the overall landscape, given that the said elements represent around the subject portions of scenery which are identical to those of the said basic photograph.
  • composition according to the invention is clearly distinguished from the animated drawing or from the special effect films which have been mentioned previously, since in the latter the subject is filmed against a neutral background which is, for example, transparent, while in the present case the subject is photographed in the actual landscape in which it evolves.
  • the subject may be formed by a person or a group of persons, by animals, by various accessories, furniture etc. . . . , which are photographed in a given frame, for example in a set of premises or in an exterior landscape. It will be possible for the composition to show on one day the unadorned landscape, on another day the said subject or the said subjects at a point of the landscape, or on yet another day the same or other subjects in the same landscape, this being achieved by manipulating the elements containing the subject or the subjects.
  • the method according to the invention may find a multitude of interesting applications in the most widely varying fields.
  • a portrait or a family photograph is frequently monotonous, because they represent constrained subjects.
  • the method according to the invention permits these to be made more alive, by modifying from time to time the location or the orientation of one of the subjects or of several subjects.
  • the elements of the photograph should be fixed in a removable manner onto the basic photograph by any appropriate means, in such a manner as to be able to remove them subsequently, for example for the purpose of replacing them by other elements, it will, for example, be possible to cause them to adhere by means of blocks or of reusable self-adhesive tapes of the "scotch 3M" type or of strips known under the trade mark "VELCRO".
  • the said elements may again be affixed to magnetic plates, while the basic photograph is affixed to a ferrous metal support or vice versa.
  • FIG. 1 shows a basic photograph representing a furnished room without any person present
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show respectively photographs of the same room, in which a child occupies two different positions
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 represent two elements of photographs, which elements are cut on the photographs of FIGS. 2 and 3 along the registration lines;
  • FIG. 6 is an example of composition which can be produced by means of the photographs of FIGS. 1, 4 and 5.
  • the invention is applicable to all types of photographs representing people, animals or objects etc. . . . , in any frame whatsoever.
  • the photograph represented in FIG. 1 was taken by means of a camera mounted on a tripod, the ground glass screen of the viewfinder of which camera is equipped with a pattern of registration lines.
  • One method involves the use of a special margin stop composed of metal wires or other threads, in contact with the photographic paper to be exposed.
  • the other method involves the use of a film or of a transparent glass plate marked with the grid of registration lines and placed in contact with the developed negative to be printed.
  • a third method involves the use, when the photograph is taken, of a film or of a transparent glass plate marked with the pattern of registration lines and placed in contact with the unexposed negative in the chamber of the camera, and the developed negative will then be directly marked by the grid of registration lines. This may also be done in any other manner.
  • FIG. 1 On the photograph shown in FIG. 1 there thus appears a pattern of lines 10, which defines a plurality of photographic elements which are identified in FIG. 1 by means of the coordinates A to D and a to d.
  • the pattern is square, but this may also be given any other geometrical shape, such as rectangular, triangular of even less regular shapes.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are then taken of the same scenery, while placing the subject, for each photograph, at different locations in the room. It is necessary to provide for a large depth of field, in order to avoid the need for refocusing between successive photographs.
  • the photographs obtained exhibit a grid of registration lines 10 which are identical to that of FIG. 1 and which define elements of photographs which are directly superposable on those which correspond to them on FIG. 1.
  • For each photograph it is possible to vary not only the position of the subject, but also the subject itself. For example, it is possible to introduce another person or several persons, an animal or an object.
  • the photograph elements which include the subject are cut on the said photographs along the registration lines 10.
  • the strip 14 which is shown in FIG. 6 and which is formed of the elements Db, Dc and Dd is separated.
  • the strip 16 which is formed of the elements Ab, Ac and Ad, and which is represented in FIG. 5, is cut out.
  • the evolutive subject involves three vertically aligned elements, but it is self-evident that it may include one or more elements arranged in any manner whatsoever, and these elements may or may not be cut out along the registration lines.
  • One or more of the said strips or elements cut out may then be applied to the basic photograph of FIG. 1.
  • the latter will be exhibited in its initial state.
  • the elements may be fixed in a detachable manner on the basic photograph and without damaging the surface of the latter.
  • they may be applied to an iron plate, and the basic photograph to a magnetic support, or vice versa.
  • the said basic photograph elements may be provided, on their reverse side, with strips of the "VELCRO" brand type, for application of the method on fabrics.
  • they may receive on their reverse side a reusable double-face adhesive surface of the "3M” brand type.
  • any other means for temporary fixing may be employed.
  • the basic photograph is not marked with a grid of lines, it is presented in the form of a conventional image.
  • the supplementary elements people, objects, etc. . . .
  • the fixing of the elements to be adapted to the basic image is as indicated above, by any means for temporary fixing.
  • a variant would consist in cutting out the subject or subjects to be placed on the basic image following their own contour. In this manner, a precise silhouette is obtained.
  • the subject, removed from its environment in this manner, may be replaced on the basic image, whether patterned or not.
  • the pattern of registration marks in the viewfinder may be dispensed with, but this continues to be very practical for the purpose of facilitating the centering and the arrangement of the subjects or objects to be placed.
  • the basic image is produced with a wide angle
  • the supplementary images are produced with a telephoto lens or a so-called standard lens, in such a manner that the elements to be added to the basic image are elements comprising large areas of detail, or vice versa.
  • the conditions of illumination may vary at will: for example, a landscape photographed at various times of the day in order to show the time which passes by placing elements on the basic image or removing them therefrom.
  • the basic image represents a photograph including many people in a landscape
  • landscape elements not including any people are placed, according to the invention, on the people so as to remove, or to cause to reappear, one or another of the people according to the imagination.

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